The Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels: Rationale, history, progress and the way forward

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-5

  Cooper, John ^a   Baker, G Barry ^b   Double, Michael C ^c   Gales, Rosemary ^d   Papworth, Warren ^e   Tasker, Mark L ^f   Waugh, Susan M ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^e ACAP Interim Secretariat   (Australia)

^f ACAP Advisory Committee   (United Kingdom)

^g Ministry for Primary Industries   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Albatrosses; Conservation; International policy; Petrels; Procellariiformes

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; ORNITHOLOGY; RATIONALIZATION; SEABIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

DIOMEDEIDAE; PROCELLARIIDAE; PROCELLARIIFORMES;

EID: 33846273842     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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